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| After clashes in Karam, the situation remains tense, the army and FC deployed |
The situation in the tribal district of Kurram of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan continues to be tense after the ongoing clashes between different tribes and the army and FC have been called in the area.
According to the provincial interior department, the army will remain deployed in the Karam district until the law and order situation returns to normal.
At least seven people have been killed and 37 injured so far in the past few days of firing and clashes between local tribes in Karam.
According to officials, the clashes started over a land dispute and the district administration has also imposed Section 144 on the disputed land, while a 30-member Jirga has also been shifted from Kohat, Orakzai, and Hangu to Karam to resolve the dispute.
According to local federal minister Sajid Hussain Tori, these clashes took place between different tribes in Lower Kurram, Upper Kurram, and their nearby areas. Still, he claimed that the ongoing clashes in Lower Kurram were stopped by the efforts of the local administration and security officials. are where the fronts are being emptied.
Federal Minister for Overseas Pakistanis and Member of the National Assembly elected from Kurram district Sajid Hussain Turi told BBC two days ago that he is in the area where the local administration is controlling the situation with the help of security officials and local elders. Efforts are being made.
He said that these are conflicts among local tribes which are being tried to be resolved.
According to the announcement of the Department of Interior and Tribal Affairs of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, "08 different land disputes are going on in District Karam, most of which date back to the pre-independence era."
The Provincial Home Department has appealed to the people of Karam to support the district administration and law enforcement agencies in resolving the dispute.
The statement also said that there have been several reports that some miscreants are painting it as a communal clash and spreading false news on social media. All such miscreants will be dealt with severely.
The Department of Home Affairs says that the Land Commission visited Karam district twice last month to end the dispute, while the Land Commission is planning to visit the district for the third time this week.
How did the recent clashes begin?
According to information in the Bushehra area of Upper Kurram, there was a dispute between the people of the Bangash tribe over the Shamilat, on which firing took place and this firing intensified again.
Local journalist Riaz Chamkani said that there were people who were killed and injured in these clashes who had come here from far away.
Locally it was said that people from far away were involved in the clash and in the rest of the area it was assumed that people of the Shia faith were involved. After this, inter-tribal clashes broke out in Lower Kurram and during this time a ceasefire was declared in Upper Kurram.
According to local people, this trend did not stop here and clashes between different tribes have also started in other areas.
In these four days, there are reports of firing in five different areas, in some places it becomes intense and in some places, there are reports of sporadic fire.
Position of tribal leaders?
The main cause of this conflict was the land dispute and this conflict was also between some members of the same tribe, some of the families belonged to the Sunnis and some belonged to the Shiites.
Haji Abid Hussain, the former president of Tehreek Hussaini, who was involved in the negotiations on behalf of Tehreek Hussaini from Karam district, told the BBC that 'Basically, the conflict started with the construction of a room because the people of one tribe wanted to build a room while The other side was not in favor of it and the tension increased and it came to firing in which there was also a loss of life.
He said that after this incident, tension increased on the Pak-Afghan border and firing started between two tribes, which gave rise to the impression that these may be incidents of communal violence.
He said that negotiations are going on and talks are also taking place on both sides and if there is a ceasefire in one place, firing starts in another area.
Similarly, Malik Ataullah Khilji, a member of the negotiation team belonging to Ahlus-Sunnat, told Para Chinar that 'basically, if there is any dispute between the parties and they are discussing it, the rest of the people are not involved. There should be and for this, they are making efforts to establish peace in the area.'
He said that when the dispute arose over the construction of the room in Upper Kurram, the law enforcement officials were present at that time, but the tension started after they left.
He said that it is the responsibility of the government to resolve property disputes immediately so that such incidents do not occur again and the government has not shown any interest in resolving these issues. Stayed.'
He said that now the firing has stopped in Lower Kurram, but the tension is still going on near the Afghan border and some other places.
What do the locals say?
Apart from clashes between local tribes, there have been incidents of communal violence in Karam district in the past and even now some elements of this communal violence continue. But Federal Minister Sajid Hussain Turi says that there is nothing like that, it is only tribal conflicts that started on Shamilat and there are no Shia or Sunni differences in them.
Local journalists said that four days ago in the Bushehra area of Upper Karam, clashes between two tribes belonging to the Bangash tribe had started, which had been trusted with the efforts of the Jirga and the administration.
Local journalist Riyaz Chamkani said that after that, clashes had started in Lower Kurram where different tribes kept firing at each other and fighting.
After that, clashes between different tribes have started in Central Karam today, in which reports of casualties have been received. The local people said that in some places the conditions are better and in other places, the conditions are worse.
Local people said that since the year 2007, this year once again such fierce clashes are taking place and so far the government has not been able to control the situation.
Locals say that these clashes have created fear in the area as heavy gunfire is heard throughout the night.
Federal Minister Sajid Hussain Tori says that he is trying to stop this tension with the help of local administration security officials and tribal elders.
A total of 28 injured have been brought to the District Headquarters Hospital, Para Chinar, out of which two have died and the rest are not in critical condition. The bodies of those who died on the spot were not brought to the hospital. There are also reports that the number of dead and injured is much higher but this could not be confirmed at the official level.
What happened after the killing of teachers in Karam?
The situation in Karam district has been tense since the killing of eight people, including five teachers, in May this year. The incidents were reported that a teacher named Muhammad Sharif was killed by firing on a vehicle, after which messages were shared on social media that a Sunni teacher had been killed in a Shia-majority area, after which There were school staff including teachers present in the staff room of the school who were fired upon by unknown persons.
After these incidents, the situation in the area became very tense, and schools, colleges, and business centers were closed.